Aegean Sea (website) explained

Aegean Sea
Type:Humanistic thought website[1]
Founded:May 20, 2001
Dissolved:March 9, 2006
Founder:Zhang Jianhong[2]
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Url:www.aiqinhai.org
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The Aegean Sea website,[3] commonly known as Aiqinhai[4] and based in Hangzhou, China,[5] was an ideological and humanistic website[6] that preached freedom and democracy.[7] The website was founded on May 20, 2001[8] by Zhang Jianhong,[9] who also served as its editor-in-chief,[10] and with poet Bei Dao as general advisor,[11] and was closed on March 9, 2006.[12]

Aegean Sea boasted itself as "The Last Clean Paradise of Chinese Literatures".[13]

Shutdown

On March 9, 2006, [14] Aegean Sea was shut down by the Zhejiang authorities[15] for allegedly publishing news in violation of Internet regulations.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aiqinhai Network was Censored by Chinese Authority. 2006-03-09. Radio Free Asia.
  2. Web site: China Human Rights Briefing April 27- May 3, 2010. Chinese Human Rights Defenders. May 4, 2010.
  3. Web site: The Dark Side of Creative Destruction: The 33 Web Reporters Jailed Worldwide. Nicholas Carlson. Jun 18, 2009. Business Insider.
  4. Book: House, Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007, Report. September 2008 . United States Government Printing Office. 735–. 9780160813993 .
  5. News: Contact us. www.77sea.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20051231115937/http://www.77sea.com/aboutus/linkus.htm. 2005-12-31. 2021-04-11.
  6. Web site: Strengthening control of the media. BBC News. 2006-12-21.
  7. Web site: Websites Banned for Publishing Overseas Reports. Apple Daily. 2006-03-10. 2021-04-11. 2021-04-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20210411073806/https://hk.appledaily.com/china/20060310/HFXZ3MDF5V2V5ODXFCXVWANYSI/. dead.
  8. News: Copyright Statement of Aegean Sea. https://web.archive.org/web/20051023105420/http://www.aiqinhai.org/common/declare.asp. dead. 2001-05-20. 2005-10-23. www.aiqinhai.org.
  9. Web site: Death of prominent writer Zhang Jianhong announced. IFEX. 13 January 2011. PEN International.
  10. Web site: Lucy Popescu. Literary Review. 13 June 2007.
  11. Web site: Rights open letter calls for constitutional review of Internet regulation. BBC News. 2006-03-31.
  12. Web site: "Aegean" website was shut down and a solidarity group was formed to defend the rights. 2006-03-13. Radio Free Asia.
  13. News: About Aegean Sea. https://web.archive.org/web/20011214010526/http://www.aiqinhai.org/aqh/aboutus.htm. dead. 2021-04-11. 2001-12-14. www.aiqinhai.org.
  14. Web site: Strengthening control of the media. BBC News. 2006-12-21.
  15. Book: Esther Lam. China and the WTO: A Long March towards the Rule of Law. 8 October 2009. Kluwer Law International. 978-90-411-4483-6. 201–.
  16. Web site: China Human Rights Briefing March 1 – 31, 2007. Chinese Human Rights Defenders. March 31, 2007. Su Hui, Zhong Yan.

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